Vương Đình Huệ, Deputy PM and Head of the national steering committees on National Single Window and ASEAN Single Window, tells Hải Quan (Customs) that admin reforms will target reaching ASEAN-4 levels over the next five years.
Priority for social housing credit will be given to low-income State employees, defence personnel and the urban poor, Nguyễn Văn Lý, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, tells Lao Động (Labour).
Nguyễn Thi Hải Yến, an expert on female workers, speaks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) about new points in the proposed revision of the 2012 Labour Code.
PhD Nguyễn Nguyên Cương, director of the Centre for Education, Communication and Environment, under the Việt Nam Union of Association of Science and Technology speaks to the newspaper Khoa học & Đời sống (Science and Life) about Hà Nội’s urgent need to have a proper tree planting scheme along its main thoroughfares.
Associate Professor Nguyễn Văn Hùng, former rector of the Hà Nội University of Civil Engineering, talks to Khoa học và Đời Sống (Science and Life) Newspaper about effective measures to tackle traffic jams in Hà Nội.
Tô Văn Động, director of the Hà Nội Department of Culture and Sports, speaks to Kinh tế and Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper ̣̣about his plan to compile regulations on language in restaurants and street food counters
24th of January, 2017 marks 25 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Socialist Republic of Vieät Nam. The following is a statement from Vladimir Goshin, Ambassador of Belarus to Việt Nam
The attitude of medical staff, lacking the spirit of service, is the main reasons behind public dissatisfaction with healthcare services, Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến tells the Nông thôn ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.
Word-of-mouth promotion by happy tourists is one of the best ways to develop tourism in the country, Nguyễn Văn Tuấn, director general of the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), tells the Quân đội Nhân dân (People’s Army) Newspaper.
You could sit them all around a dinner table, or inside a single elevator. Meet eight men. The eight men who – you may need to read this twice – have as much wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world.
Nguyễn Trọng Ninh, director of the Housing and Real Estate Market Management Department, speaks to the Kinh tế Việt Nam and Thế giới (Việt Nam and the World Economy) weekly on developing affordable housing projects.
Nguyễn Văn Kim, Acting Director of the Justice Department under the Government Inspectorate, speaks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) about proposed changes in the current Law on Complaints and Denunciation.
To mark the 25th Anniversary of Việt Nam-Korea Relations this year, Việt Nam News presents an article written by Lee Hyu, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea. He talks about the achievements of the two countries over the past 25 years and of his vision for the coming 25.
After 30 years of the Đổi mới (Renewal) reform, Việt Nam has recorded significant achievements in socio-economic development, lifting nearly 30 million people out of poverty. However, increasing income and wealth inequality is threatening the progress made in decades.
Here in Việt Nam, a TPP member long hyped as its largest beneficiary, the agreement is no longer an issue of major concern. The focus is on how trade liberalization will move in the coming months and years, with or without the US, and what the new directions are for smaller TPP members, especially export-driven economies like Việt Nam.
Hundreds of people are running out a building, screaming in terror. Several have their mouths covered with piece of cloth. Ear-splitting sirens blare as large red trucks speed through the streets to where a thick, ominous cloud of smoke billows. Even watchers are shouting and screaming. A deadly fire has struck again.
Strong trust, mutual understanding and convergence of views mark longstanding India-Việt Nam ties, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish tells Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 45th Anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations (January 7, 1972 - January 7, 2017).